11 Working With Site Reports

11.1About Site Reports

When contributing to a Web site, there are times when you may want to know where files are being used and how often they are viewed. This can help you organize and prioritize your work. You may, for example, want to know where a particular data file is located on the Web site and how often it was viewed. The same goes for native documents, pages templates, and so on.

The best way to do this is to view a site report. You can view the reports online or print them out, if you like.

There is also a third type of site report called a "Web Site Objects Report," but it is only available from the Site Studio administration page on the content server. Accessing this page typically requires administrative credentials.

11.2Site Usage Reports

A site usage report provides a detailed summary of where a specific contributor data file or native document is being used. The report breaks this down by Web sites where it is used, sections where it is used, and so on.

11.4Viewing a Site Usage Report

A site usage report provides a detailed summary of where a specific contributor data file or native document is being used. The report breaks this down by Web sites where it is used, sections where it is used, and so on. When you open the report, you are taken to a page that shows every Web site and every section where the file is used. You can scroll through the report, print it out, and view the parts of the Web site where the file is used.

The content information page for the data file or native document associated with the contribution region is displayed.

In the Content Actions menu, choose View Web Site Usage Report.

This takes you to the site usage report for the specific data file or native document assigned to the contribution region.

11.4.3 Considerations

Please note the following considerations regarding site usage reports:

Site usage reports are only available in Contributor if they were enabled by the site designer.

The slash in the "Usage Location" column represents the home page of the Web site.

Click Show All to show the details of where the file is used on every Web site, or click Hide All to hide these details.

Click the expand icon (Figure 11-3) to show the details of where the file is used on a given site, or click the collapse icon (Figure 11-3) to hide these details.

Figure 11-3 Expand and Collapse Icons

You can preview the places where the file is used on your site by clicking the hyperlinks, where available.

When you open the report, you are taken to a page on the content server. You are still in the same web browser that you were using before you opened the report. As such, you may want to use the "Back" button in your web browser instead of closing the web browser so that you can return to the page that you were originally working on.

For a file to appear in the report, it must be checked in with the appropriate metadata to match the site.

11.5Viewing a Content Tracker Report

A Content Tracker report provides a detailed summary of how many times a piece of content was viewed. You can scroll through the report, print it out, and use it to better manage the content on your site.